Within the wake of swirling on-line hypothesis a couple of nuclear mishap in Pakistan following the high-stakes Operation Sindoor, India has issued a categorical denial, asserting its navy actions have been inside typical limits. The Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday dismantled hypothesis round a nuclear angle, saying the narrative was not solely baseless but in addition contradicted by Pakistan’s personal prime management.
“The navy motion from our facet was completely within the typical area,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned at a press briefing on Tuesday. “This was additionally made very clear within the defence briefing yesterday… Pakistan FM has himself denied the nuclear angle on report,” he mentioned.
Jaiswal’s feedback come 4 days after India and Pakistan agreed to a cessation of hostilities.
Official sources have now confirmed that just about 20 per cent of Pakistan’s air drive belongings have been destroyed within the precision strikes launched beneath Operation Sindoor.
India on the night time of Might 9-10 struck 11 airbases throughout Pakistan, inflicting huge injury to its air drive infrastructure and killing over 50 folks, together with senior personnel together with Squadron Chief Usman Yusuf, at Bholari Airbase in a first-of-its-kind navy operation in opposition to a nuclear-armed state.
The MEA additionally took direct intention at Pakistan’s untimely declaration of victory, drawing comparisons with previous navy conflicts the place Islamabad claimed success regardless of clear setbacks.
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“Claiming victory is an outdated behavior,” Jaiswal mentioned, referencing Pakistan’s historic sample of bluster. “This was the case in 1965, the identical continued in 1971, and even throughout the 1999 Kargil Battle, they saved repeating the identical tune. So, this behavior of Pakistan beating the identical drum is nothing new. They endure defeat, but they preserve beating the drum.”
Jaiswal mentioned the ceasefire understanding was reached after Pakistan’s failed navy try and India’s counter-offensive on the morning of Might 10.
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“Until the night time of ninth Might, Pakistan was threatening India with a large assault,” he mentioned. “As soon as their try failed on tenth Might morning, and so they obtained a devastating Indian counter response, their tune modified… Pakistan’s place modified on tenth Might morning after its air bases have been successfully put out of motion.”
India had maintained a constant and public message all through the battle—that its retaliatory response was focused solely at terrorist infrastructure following the April 22 Pahalgam assault that killed 26 folks.
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